-as of [28 APRIL 2024]–
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*aka ‘adventures in anhedonia’*
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*mah LAYS*
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*8 MAY 2021*
(severe ‘malaise’ for over a week)
(along with ‘shortness of breath’)
(after smoking ‘moldy weed’ last week)
“fungal lung infection”
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*22 NOVEMBER 2021*
*nausea*
(lamb gyro last night?)
(german cockroaches?)140
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*as a ‘medical term’, ‘malaise’ is a feeling of [‘general discomfort’ / ‘un-easiness’ / ‘pain’]*
(and often the first sign of an ‘infection’ or other ‘disease’)
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*the word has existed in ‘french’ since at least the 1100s*
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*the term is often used figuratively in other contexts, in addition to its meaning as a general state of ‘angst’ or ‘melancholy’*
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*cause*
[‘malaise’ is a non-specific symptom and can be present in the slightest ailment…]
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such as an ’emotion’
(causing ‘fainting’,
a ‘vaso-vagal response)
or ‘hunger’
(light ‘hypo-glycemia’)
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to the most serious conditions…
(cancer / stroke / heart attack / internal bleeding / etc)
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*’malaise’ expresses a patient’s uneasiness that “something is not right” that may need a medical examination to determine the significance*
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*’malaise’ is thought to be caused by the activation of an ‘immune response’, and the associated ‘pro-inflammatory cytokines’*
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Figurative use
“Economic malaise” refers to an economy that is stagnant or in recession
(compare depression).
The term is particularly associated with the 1973–75 United States recession
A speech made by US President Jimmy Carter in 1979 is commonly referred to as the “malaise speech”
(although the word itself was not actually in the speech)
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See also
Fatigue (medical)
Prodrome
Post-exertional malaise
Malaise Créole
Malaise era
Ennui
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Notes and references
^ “Malaise: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia”. medlineplus.gov. Archived from the original on 2016-09-16.
^ Sommerfield, Andrew J.; Deary, Ian J.; McAulay, Vincent; Frier, Brian M. (1 February 2003). “Short-Term, Delayed, and Working Memory Are Impaired During Hypoglycemia in Individuals With Type 1 Diabetes”. Diabetes Care. 26 (2): 390–396. doi:10.2337/diacare.26.2.390. PMID 12547868. Archived from the original on 13 September 2016 – via care.diabetesjournals.org.
^ Dantzer, Robert (1 December 2016). “Cytokine, Sickness Behavior, and Depression”. Immunology and allergy clinics of North America. 29 (2): 247–264. doi:10.1016/j.iac.2009.02.002. ISSN 0889-8561. PMC 2740752. PMID 19389580.
^ One example can be found in The Next 200 Years: A Scenario for America and the World, by Herman Kahn et al., published in 1976, p. 2.
^ “”Crisis of Confidence” Speech (July 15, 1979)”. Miller Center, University of Virginia. Archived from the original (text and video) on July 21, 2009.
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Classification
D
ICD-10: R53
ICD-9-CM: 780.7
External resources
MedlinePlus: 003089
eMedicine: search/Malaise
Look up malaise in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
MedlinePlus Encyclopedia: 003089
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Malaise
Malaise
Contributors to Wikimedia projects3-4 minutes 10/7/2004
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.26.2.390, Show Details
Malaise
Other names Discomfort, uneasiness
Pronunciation
mə-LAYZ
Specialty Family medicine, Internal medicine, Pediatrics, Geriatrics, Psychiatry, Clinical psychology
Symptoms Feeling of uneasiness or discomfort
Diagnostic method Based on symptoms
Differential diagnosis Pain, anxiety, depression
Look up malaise in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
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